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entreat
to ask earnestly or anxiously
In more detail
1. (verb) to ask someone earnestly or desperately for something; to beg
2. (verb) to treat or deal with (someone or something) in a particular way
Examples
- 1. She entreated her parents to let her go to the concert.
- 2. The king entreated his prisoners with mercy and kindness.
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